Cash and parcel carrier



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D. LIPPY.

CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.

No. 390,378. Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

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Afiorney.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. D. LIPPY.

CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.

' No. 390,378. Patented Oct. 2,1888

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UNITED rarss CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,378, dated October 2, 1888.

(No modcl.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID LIPPY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Itichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash and Parcel Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it u pertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to cash and parcel carriers; and the general object in view is to simplify the construction, reduce the cost of manufacture, and to provide such improvements as will add to or increase the capacity of the apparatus for carrying increased loads, and to reduce the tendency of the car to swing or oscillate when traveling upon the track, and to adapt certain parts for use in constructing carriages of varied sizes, and to provide novel means for elevating and depressing the carriage, and for starting and stopping the same.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car and its accessories constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective of a carretaining latch which I may employ. Fig. 3 is a plan of the carriage. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification, showing a caslrcarrier instead of a parcel-car mounted on a single track. Figs. 5 to 9 are details, hereinafter described.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A represents a station-standard,which is secured to the ceiling B in any suitable manner, and has in connection with other standards a platform, A, secured to its lower end.

\Vhere several tracks concentrate at a station, the platform A is preferably curved in form, substantially as shown in Fig. 7, which is a perspective showing seven standards, whereby seven distinct tracks may diverge from a single station, and the platform A serve for the reception of the contents of any of the carriages of the track. A flange, A", upon the platform A prevents articles placed thereon from falling therefrom. The platform also serves an important function as a tie-bar or stay for the lower ends of the standards, thus doing away with the necessity of lateral guys or braces upon the same.

0 represents the track-wire. In parcel-carriers I prefer to employ two track-wires, one arranged immediately above the other, as shown, whereby the track is adapted to sustai n an increased load, and the tendency of the car to oscillate sidewise when traveling upon the track is in a great measure prevented. These two advantages would be fully secured by arranging the traelcwires side by side; but as there is more or less difficulty in maintaining a like tension in each of the wires there is a greater probability that the wires when arranged side by side would not lie in the same horizontal plane, so that a carriage and car suspended thereon would not run as evenly as when the wires are arranged one above the other. In cash-carriers, the load upon the track being not excessive, a single wire is genally sufficient.

Upon the standard A, and encircling the same, is a collar, A", provided with a set'screw, A*, passing through the collar and into the standard, which is hollow. A wire, 1), passes through the standard and the GOllZtlflLlld may be adj ustably connected with thestandard by moving the collar upon thestandard and retaining it in a desired position by tightening the screw A*. In case the screw passes into the standard the same is provided with an elongated slot, A (see dotted lines, Fig. 5;) butin case thescrew A is merely threadedin the collar it will bind upon the outer surface of the standard and retain the collar in a desired position, when, instead of being bound by the screw, the wire will be bound .by the orifices formed in the standard and the collar when moved so as to only partially register with each other. In this way the wire D, or it maybe the track or tracks 0, may be adjustably connected with the standard. In this instance the requirement of an adjustment exists only for the purpose of regulating the combined rake and starter with relation to the track, as hereinafter described. The wire D may extend along the whole distance of the track from. station to station, or it may be shorter than the track and supported in a standard, D, (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) secured to the ceiling a short distance from the station, as the purpose and object of said wire are to support the combined starter and brake and its accessories.

E represents the car, which is adapted, in a manner herein described, to receive and carry either a cash-box or a parcel carriage or receptacle. In this instance I form the car of two castings which are similar to each other, and which are connected by a removable bar or rod, E, whereby cash or parcel receptacles of varied lengths may be carried by the same car; or, whatis its equivalent, cars of varied lengths may be constructed without the necessity of using different castings. This result is attained by connecting the car castings by a removable rod, instead of forming said rod as a part of said castings. Each of the castings consists of a body portion, E, into which is screwthreaded or otherwise connected the bar E. The body portion has depending brackets E for the support and operation of the carriage sustaining devices. It also has upwardly-projecting standards E for the reception of the track-wheels E which are journaled therein. An arm, E, projects from the standard E, and hasjournaled therein a rubber or other roller, E The lower end of the bracket is pro vided with a rubber or other buffer, E". The body portion E of the casting is recessed in its upper face, as at E, to form an oil-well, whereby any lubricant employed on the journals of the track-wheel which drips or flows therefrom will be prevented from gaining access to the carriage or any articles contained therein.

At the right of Fig. l the car-casting is illustrated as incased. The casing E thereon may be formed of either cast or sheet metal and arranged upon the casting in any suitable manner. It may be open at the bottom, so as to be placed upon the casting as a cover. Rods E project from the sides of the casting, so as to be caught by a retaining-latch, F.

The retaining-latch consists of two parallel toothed bars adapted to be pivoted, as at A, to the standard A. It is also provided with a bail, F, which may or may not be provided with a roller, F.

G represents the starting-cord, which hangs by the standard A and passes over a pulley, G, arranged therein above the track or tracks, passes through the bail F of the retaininglatch, and from thence over aepulley, G", supported in a standard, H, which, by means of a screw, 11, is adjustably supported on the wire D, said wire passing through the base of the standard, as shown. The cord G is attached to my combined starter and brake I, which is also adapted to slide upon the wire D. A rubber bumper, J, is mounted on the wire I) between the starter and the standard. The under surface of the starter and brake is inclined downwardly toward the track, as at l, and its inclined face terminates in a semicircular recess, 1 and in rear of this recess the starter may be provided with pins or rods 1", or any other equivalent device for embracing the track wire or wires, whereby oscillations of the starter upon its wire are prevented.

As before stated, the depending brackets E of the body portion of the car-casting are provided with the devices for sustaining the carriage K. These devices consist of pulleys K K K and a prong, K Over these pulleys straps K and K pass, each of which straps is connected with the carriage-the one K at the end of the bail K of the carriage, as at K", and the other, as at K", at a distance from the opposite end of the carriage' Upwardlyprojecting brackets or guide-plates K are arranged upon the bail, and their upper ends, K, are curved toward each other. The strap K passes over the pulleys K and between one of said pulleys and the pulley K", while the strap K passes over the pulley K when both straps are brought together, so that they can be simultaneously drawn off from the prong K", which passes through an aperture formed in them, and when held out of contact with said prong, or, rather, when withdrawn from said prong, the carriage K may be lowered for the purpose of putting articles therein. When loaded, the carriage is elevated by drawing upon both straps, is guided by the plates K and retained in an elevated position by securing the straps upon the prong. When elevated endwise,swinging of the carriage isprevented by the guide-plates, and vertical movement of the carriage is prevented by the bumpers, against which it may be held by the straps.

In the single-track cash-carrier modification I employ the same starter and brake with other improved accessories as in the parcelcarrier. I

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: In the case of parcel-carriers the weight of the load is such that increased force is required, and this produces an increased re bound when the car reaches the station. For the above reason I provide a retaining-latch to assist the brake-rollers E Taking theparts illustrated in Fig. 1, the car is started by pulling upon the rope G, which first raises the latch F, when used, out of connection with the rods E, and then causes the starter I to quickly travel along the wire D toward the standard H and against a bumper, J, near the same. During this movement of the starter the car is also driven from the station along the track, the point of connection between the car and the starter being the recess 1". The starter is left in a position near the standard H, so that it acts as a brake when the car is returned to the station. As the returning car reaches the starter its advancing roller E strikes the front end of the inclined face I, which offers a gradually-increasing resistance to the progress of the car, which carries with it the starter, and when the latter reaches the standard, or the bumper J thereat, the roller E enters the recess Rand thus prevents the car from moving away from the standard by the action of any rebound which may occur in the stoppage of the car.

The cash-box L is connected to the car by the usual bayonet-slot, L, and pin L project ing from a collar secured to the car and adapted to enter the box.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is 1. In a cash and parcel carrier, a car con1- prising in its make-up end castings and an interposed screw threaded casting connecting rod, substantially as specified.

2. In a cash or parcel carrier, a combined starter and brake mounted upon a wire parallel with the track for reciprocation thereon to start'the car, and provided with an inclined and recessed lower face to act as a brake upon the ear, substantially as specified.

3. In a cash and parcel carrier adapted to be operated by a starting-cord, a standard adj ustably mounted upon a wire and provided with a pulley for the starting-cord, whereby the throw of the starter may be regulated in accordance with the power required to operate the car, substantially as specified.

4. In a cash and parcel carrier, a starting cord and starter mounted upon a wire above the track and a retaining-latch pivoted to the upright and operated by the starting-cord, substantially as specified.

5. In a car of the class described, a casting provided with bearings for the car-supporting roller, and with an oil-receptacle arranged be low the bearings, and a case or cover for said casting, substantially as specified.

6. A parcel-receptacle connected with a car by separate straps passing over separate pulleys and jointly passing over a prong for the retention of the straps, substantially as specified.

7. In a cash and parcel apparatus, a stationplatform consisting of a flanged plate, in combination-with a track-standard, the track and carriage appendages being arranged on the standard at aside thereof opposite to the main portion of the platform, whereby the use of the latter is unobstructed, and is supported independently of' extraneous devices for support ing the same, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DAVID IJIPPY.

Vitnesses:

J11 HENRY, E. C. unes. 

